i'm sorry, but while i do appreciate the time you and our list nanny put in to maintaining these lists, i'm getting really fed up at the childishness and unneccessarily heavy handed discipline.
even a parent knows that one must let go and trust a little for a child to grow - thinking of the lists as your children. overdiscipline just makes for rebellion and anger, and i've observed that happening over the last few months too. its got to the point where i dare not post for fear of making some kind of tiny typo which becomes a disciplinary matter - and yes, i quite often type ram instead of RAM, because i type all in lower case letters, and i think everyone knows damn well what i'm on about. am i to be suspended for doing so? thats what i wonder, when i read this latest series of notes. i was also made aware that flawed jai, a valuable contributor to this list, was kicked off because of an accidental off topic post. this is ridiculous! you guys are worse than the RIAA! as you've now effectively killed off all the character on this list by kicking off members one by one, i'm finding less and less reason to read this increasingly pedantic tripe. i'm very tempted to unsubscribe.. now give me five reasons i should stay and none of them should be spelt with capitals. m~ On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:24:42 -0400 Dan Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Several topics. Please keep this email handy for future reference. > > > When contacting me about your subscription, please be sure to tell me > which list(s) you're on. We run about 30 right now, and I don't have a > simple way of finding out what list(s) you may subscribe to. > > > Three rants about capitalization: > > 1. Memory is RAM, for Random Access Memory. It's not Ram or ram. > > 2. Cycles are abbreviated Hz in honor of Mr. Hertz. KHz, MHz, and GHz are > the correct abbreviations for kilohertz, megahertz, and gigahertz. > > 3. The computer is a Mac, short for Macintosh. MAC stands for the Machine > Address built into ethernet support circuitry. > > As an editor, it drives me nuts to see these used incorrectly. (I guess > you have to be a bit anal to be an editor....) > > > We have no control over the bounce messages generated by the Maclaunch > server, nor can we manually reset the bounce counter. 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But having > messages marked **SPAM** sure helps. > > Email addresses at lemlists.com are only available to members of our > email lists, and the $6/yr helps defray hosting costs for our domains. > > For those who want more than just an email address, we also offer email > addresses, personal Web space, and more at lowendmac.net. An email > address is $12/year -- and also protected by Spam Assassin. > > <http://lemlists.com/> for more on LEMlists email accounts. > > <http://lowendmac.net/accounts/index.html> for email and more. > > > For the record, I invest about 40 hours a week in Low End Mac and about > 20 more working part time at a local camera shop. I don't have enough > time to keep tabs on everything in a timely fashion. Sometimes I don't > get through the lists for a week or two. That's one of the reasons we > have list nannies to help out on the busier lists. > > If we can generate enough income from LEMlists and lowendmac.net, I can > cut back on the camera store job and dedicate more time to Low End Mac, > including creating our own mailing list software that will address all of > the shortcomings of the current software. Until then, it's mostly a pipe > dream. > > I have the new list manager all outlined, but there just aren't enough > hours to do much work on it, especially working 1-1/2 jobs. It's going to > be the best thing going when it's done. I'll be able to see what lists > you receive by typing in your email address. We'll have a single address > database, so I won't have to update several lists when someone's email > address changes. We'll be able to strip out the styles from styled text > and the attachments, making it that much easier for everyone to post. 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